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Reviews & Commentary by Adam Groves
PINK LADY’S MOTION PICTURE
Pink Lady was the 1970s Japanese forerunner to the Spice Girls, and this was their unimpressive film debut
FREAKS
A milestone in film history, and a must for any cult movie buff
THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
Another example of the “__ from Hell” cycle that proliferated in early nineties Hollywood
RED ROOMS
All the bad things we’ve heard about the dark web are confirmed in this Quebecois thriller that, in direct contrast to most Quebec made films, was strong enough to interest distributors outside Canada
THE SADIST WITH RED TEETH
Belgian trash about a guy who thinks he’s a vampire. Don’t expect much.
MAGIC MIRROR
A worthy, if frustratingly little known, addition to the underground comics scene
THE THIRD STORY
An ambitious horror novel by a prominent Canadian author that suffers, in a not-uncommon issue, from seriously trashy packaging
THE BAT WOMAN
“Prepare for Shlock and Awe”…? That first adjective is accurate, but the second not at all.
SHELTER
A paperback original that can be viewed as the trashy down-market inverse of ON THE BEACH
MAD SHADOWS
A much-lauded novel that offers a potent reminder that a great deal of renowned Canadian fiction tends toward the macabre
THE HORROR…THE HORROR
The passing of Rick Hautala in March of 2013 was a great loss to the horror field, but he left behind nearly 30 interesting novels, and also this frank and instructive memoir
GOING HOLLYWOOD
This book, written by the director of LUNATICS: A LOVE STORY and ALIEN APOCALYPSE, is required reading for anyone considering a filmmaking career
GHOSTLY TALES OF ROUTE 66: ARKANSAS TO ARIZONA
Here’s one for you history buffs: a collection of fact based ghost stories from various parts of the legendary Route 66
PSYCHEDELIC SEX VAMPIRES: JEAN ROLLIN CINEMA
In the absence of a comprehensive English language book (as of 2012, at least) on the French filmmaker Jean Rollin, this lavishly illustrated trifle will have to do
PHALLIC FRENZY: KEN RUSSELL AND HIS FILMS
This isn’t the first book about the English cinema’s premiere enfant terrible Ken Russell, but it is very likely the best
2019: A Look Back in Bedlam
Welcome to the latest edition of my Look Back in Bedlam overview of the previous year’s noteworthy happenings in the world of Bedlam Files-friendly media
Christmas TV Specials for the Irreparably Brain Damaged
Christmastime in America “means” several things, one in particular: a surfeit of TV specials
More on Hallmark Channel Movies
I’m sorry to keep beating this particular dead horse, as I promised in the last of my three articles about Hallmark Channel movies that I wouldn’t write about ‘em any more, but I’ve got a bit more to say
1987: The Year in Bedlam
In the 1980s movie-verse 1987 was something of an anomaly, being an authentically good year for film
Books about the Grand Guignol
The fabled Grand Guignol Theatre in Paris was and continues to be a source of endless fascination